Putting an end to the speculation about one of the biggest potential technology mergers in recent times, Microsoft (News - Alert) said earlier this week that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc.
So rumor of Microsoft to bid for Facebook is in the market,
Microsoft will likely meet with stern resistance from within the Facebook community should its reported approach to the fast-growing social networking site gather momentum.
The Facebook community, populated as it is by a large core of university students, is one of the strongest bastions of anti-Microsoft sentiment on the web, and frequently points out what it sees as the flaws in many of the software giant's products.
Yesterday it was reported that Microsoft's bankers had approached Facebook to ask whether the company might be interested in selling - although the parties are not said to be in official talks. Neither company has commented on the report, which appeared first in The Wall Street Journal. Now Microsoft does have excess money to invest on atleast something. They believe that something is better then nothing. So we are waiting facebook to reply on the general asked question about selling Facebook.
There are at least three groups of Facebook users set up specifically to vent anger at the site's potential acquisition by Microsoft, with names such as 'If Facebook sells to Microsoft, we're leaving', and 'Don't sell Facebook to Microsoft!'.
On the largest, 'Don't let Facebook buy Microsoft', which was formed around the time Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in the site in October, one member recently commented: "If Microsoft buys Facebook I will deactivate my account and never come back - after clearing my friends, my information. YOU people are my witnesses!'
HAHA well everyone hates Microsoft, on facebook atleast. My thoughts says it better facebook don't sell there site, or else even facebook would have fatal errors. ;-)
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